Master of Fine Arts in English

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Among the oldest and most respected MFA programs in the country, the MFA for poets and writers at UMass Amherst is a three-year program dedicated to writing workshops and the completion of a book-length manuscript in prose or poetry. The MFA for poets and writers champions the creation of new and important writing, and for over fifty years has been a place for writers to concentrate on their work and to write their books.

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Interdisciplinary research informed by cultural studies and critical theory with specialized tracks in American studies, composition, and rhetoric.